Positive Quotes

We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that
correspond with them.
Abigail Adams (1744 – 1818), letter to John Adams, 1774
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The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them
in the right scale of values.
Norman Thomas (1884 – 1968)
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Life is too complicated not to be orderly.
Martha Stewart, quoted in Harper’s Bazaar
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Every day we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If
we are aware of our life…, our way of looking at things, we will
know how to make peace right in the moment, we are alive.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
Chinese Proverb
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A compassionate person develops an eye for spotting the qualities that
make each person special. Even when others are at their lowest ebb,
it is possible to help them restore their self-belief by keeping a
firm, clear vision of their goodness and specialities. Taking a
gently encouraging approach, I must never give up on anyone.
Anonymous
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A day dawns – quite like other days; in it – a single hour comes,
quite like other hours; but in that day, and in that hour, the chance
of a lifetime faces us.
Maltbie Babcock.
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A decision is made with the brain. A commitment is made with the
heart. Therefore, a commitment is much deeper and more binding than a
decision.
Nido Qubein
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A good memory is one trained to forget trivial misfortunes.
Anonymous
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A generous heart will quickly become a precious heart.
Author Unknown
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A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a
nuisance to the world.
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893 – 1957)
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I define joy as a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace – a
connection to what matters.
Oprah Winfrey (1954 – ), O Magazine
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The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced
very many great things.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 – 1799)
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That’s the thing about needs. Sometimes, when you get them met, you
don’t need them anymore.
Michael Patrick King, Sex and the City, The Good Fight, 2002
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This became a credo of mine…attempt the impossible in order to
improve your work.
Bette Davis (1908 – 1989)
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There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek
them with our eyes open.
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 – 1964)
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The game of life is the game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and
words return to us sooner or later, with astounding accuracy.
Florence Shinn
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Help others get ahead. You will always stand taller with someone else
on your shoulders.
Bob Moawad
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A man is literally what he thinks. His character being the complete
sum of his thoughts.
James Allen (1864-1912)
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A person of wisdom and spirituality has very beautiful manners that
have grown from genuine respect and love for the whole of humanity.
Manners in this sense have nothing to do with culture or education: it
is simply a question of humility. When we are at the receiving end of
such manners, we feel that some deeper part of us has been honoured.
In fact, none of us deserves anything less.
Author Unknown
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A person is not hurt so much by what happens – as by his opinion of
what happens.
Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592)
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Isn’t everyone a part of everyone else?
Budd Schulberg, O Magazine, November 2003
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Painting in watercolor is like walking a tight-rope; one must achieve
a perfect balance between what the paint wants to do and what the
artist wants to do, or all is lost.
Mary C. Taylor, Watercolor Bold and Free
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“A friend is someone who knows the song in your
heart and can sing it back to you when you have
forgotten the words.”
Author Unknown
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